Sarita Devi, Mary Kom Assured of Medals at Polish Boxing C’ship
MC Mary Kom got a direct entry into the last-four stage of the 13th International Silesian Boxing Championship.
L Sarita Devi advanced to the semi-finals to be assured of a medal along with the celebrated MC Mary Kom, who got a direct entry into the last-four stage of the 13th International Silesian Boxing Championship for women in Gliwice, Poland.
Sarita, a former world champion and Asian Games bronze-medallist, defeated Czech Republic's Alena Czechy 5-0 on Wednesday, 12 September, after going past Kazakhstan's Aizan Khojabekova in the opening round of the 60kg category the day before.
She will now square off against another Kazakh in Karina Ibragimova in the semis.
India's first and only Asian Games gold medal-winning woman boxer is returning to the ring after missing the recently-concluded edition in Jakarta due to minor fitness issues.
Among other Indians in fray, Ritu Grewal won her bout against Russia's Svetlana Rosja 4-1 to make the 51kg category semifinals along with Lovlina Borgohain (69kg).
Borgohain got the better of Czech Republic's Martina Schmoranzova.
However, Seema Punia (+81kg), Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) and Shashi Chopra (57kg) lost their respective bouts to bow out of medal contention.
Seema was beaten by Kazakh Lazzat Kungeibayeva 5-0, while Basumatary lost by a similar margin to Poland's Natalia Barbusinska.
Shashi, on the other hand, lost to England's Anglia Chapmen, also a unanimous verdict.
In the junior competition, Raj Sahiba (70kg) defeated Poland's Barbara Marcinkowska 5-0.
In the 75kg category, Neha got the better of Daria Parada by a similar margin, while Komal (80kg) had to toil for a 3-2 win over Martyna Jancelewicz.
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